Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-12-24
Cumberland Female College.
BY MISS MAGGIE BuQuo.

eStlnS talk on "ASplratl0n."
Mrs. Youngblood and her little
daughter, Beulah, returned to their
home in Arkansas last week.
How many members Of the compo-
sition cl; IS shed tears over 1.-THE
Education Most Necessary for the
Average Woman?
Prof. Paschal has been off on
short furlough, and Miss Mary Jen-
kins has occupied his place during
his absence.
THE EDUCATION MOST NECESSARY
FOR THE AVERAGE WOMAN.
What would one give in exchange
for his education? 1t has charms to
soothe you when you are sad, to
change darkness into light. Educa-
ton is the cheapest defense of nations.
have heard many arguments on
this subject, whether special or
general education was the most profit
able. Suppose you devote your whole
time to the cultivation of one talent
and let the others lie uncultivated.
lfyou should not get position in
that special line, what could you
then do? AS to general education,
some one has said: "He that sips
OF many arts drinks none," The best
plan is, first to take general educa-
ton, obtain an idea of several branch
es, then choose one of these for a
special, and devote all of your time
to it. You may obtain success by
this plan. That taste for the beau
tiful is acquired by education, may be
illustrated by supposing two women
listening to the same strains of music,
or behOlding the same beautiful scea-
cry of nature. The educated woman
is entranced with beauties that fail to
secure the attention or touch the feel
ings of the uneducated one. A man
who had travelled a great deal said
that American women were in every
respect the most entertaining, the
most fascinating, most charming,
agreeable, etc., and the most original
women in the world He had travel
ed in foreign lands,and had compared
some of our women with those Of 9TH
er countries. An American woman
has multitudes of virtues and few
faults. Where so many brilliant
qualities send forth their splendor,
some shadows must naturally fall.
Foreign girls are tauget to stand in
awe of their brothers, and to regard
them generally as superior beings.
Not so with the American girls. The
foreign small girl hurries through her
childhood as fast as the years will
permit, eager to enjoy the privilege
she sees accorded her elder sister. She
. is inclined to be pert and critical OF
her elders, and very frequently needs
depressing during this period. She
stares boldly at strangers, and giggles
audibly as they pass by. American
girls think freedom and pleasure to
signify the years of girlhood, lying
between the school-room and the
altar. She is allowed to talk and
walk with youths Of her. own age,
N and her independence is her protec-
ton. She is like the young bird
pushed to the edge of its nest, and
< left alone and told to fly. 1t is ex.
pected to maintain its equilibrium in
intoxicating air, and it seldom falls
=" The American girls head is leyel, land
her heart is warm. When once hel
10 affections are won she makes a true
SO friend. Women should choose edu
~ cation in preference to riches, for the
80 latter can be taken away. None O
20 us can read life's pages, and we may
90 be thrown on our own responsibility
Do sooner than we know. With educa
?, ton we can more bravely and sue
DO cessfully meet the responsibilities.
" "The true purpose of education il
90 to cherish and unfold the seed of i'm
40 mortality already sown within us; t.
develop, to their fullest extent, thu
90 capacities of every kind with which
so the God who made us has endowed
oo0 u.s." tr B. B.
"Prima enim sequentum, howest
~ 40 UNI est in secundis, tertiisque consis
= tere. Cicero.
as We were much complimented by
SIS; visit from Mr.. and Mrs. Moldenhaw
We err, and their little daughter, on Fri
vi day.
Several of our girls will spend thei
MS holidays at home. For the consols
ton of those who will remain we vii
say, "June is coming"